ADDICTED


Meaning of ADDICTED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be addicted to drugs/dependent on drugs (= be unable to stop taking drugs )

People who are addicted to drugs need help.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

By the time he was 16, he was addicted to heroin.

I tried to give up smoking several times before I realized I was addicted .

The children of mothers who use crack or cocaine are often born addicted to the drug.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But the criminals target the illegal events, sell drugs and encourage people to become addicted .

By the time such warnings were printed, he had become addicted , he says.

By the time warnings were introduced, he says, he had become addicted .

In acute cases, the babies are born addicted to cocaine.

Its quite easy to get addicted to it.

She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted .

The tragedy is most of them become addicted .

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